Germany on Tuesday halted the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline designed to bring natural gas from Russia directly to Europe.
Highlights
- Germany halts certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to bring gas to Europe.
- The pipeline is designed to bring natural gas directly to Europe from Russia.
- Germany’s president said the country would not accept the recognition of the two pro-Russian separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.
- Germany has been accused of failing to act decisively over the Russian threat to Ukraine, but has called upon Russia to do more to help the country’s efforts to avert a new war with the Russian-backed separatists.
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into the region in response to the Ukrainian crisis in the past few days and has ordered more troops to join forces with Ukraine.